an editor that doesn't require any esc or control keys to be used...

[konstantin.krupnikov at sun.com (K. Ari Krupnikov)]

"Derek D. Martin" <ddm at pizzashack.org> writes:

> At some point hitherto, Adam S. Moskowitz hath spake thusly:
> > "Jerry Feldman" <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> > > where the remote user wants to do more than just some simple editing,
> > > something more than a line editor should be more useful. 
> > 
> > Excuse me? Remember, we're talking about EDITORS here, not WORD
> > PROCESSORS. What more is there to do that ed (or maybe ex) can't
> > handle?
> 
>   - syntax highlighting
>   - automatic code formatting
>   - paragraph justification
>   - automatic word wrapping
>   - editing macros (AFAIK)
>   - probably a bunch more things that people rely on their editor to
>     do on a daily basis

It doesn't read mail does it.

Ari (a GNUS user).